Accident

On March 23, at about 7:45 p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety received a report of a multiple vehicle crash at the intersection of FM 2799 and FM 1747 in Jasper County, Sgt. Stephanie Davis reported.

Former West Orange-Stark High School assistant coach Carl Broussard, 54, pleaded guilty in front of 260th District Judge Buddie Hahn on March 23 to two counts of failure to stop and render aid in the wake of a fatal accident Nov. 2, 2015, that claimed the lives of a 25-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter.

On March 18 around 1:45 p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety responded to a one vehicle rollover crash on Highway 73, near Boondocks Road, in Jefferson County, TxDPS Sgt. Stephanie Davis reported.

Police in Orange reports a wreck involving a motorcycle and pickup truck Feb. 22 resulted in the death of the 49-year-old motrocyclist, reports the Orange Police Department (OPD).

According to a news release from OPD, officers responded to the 8400 block of N. Highway 62 at about 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 in reference to a traffic accident with injuries involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck.

Two of three employees involved in an incident at International Paper's Orange Mill on Dec. 29 were transported to a local medical center for treatment of chemical exposure, reports International Paper's Orange Mill Communications Coordinator Ashley Moore.

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